Matthew Syed

Unconscious bias training and cancellation are mainstream for the young. Just wait until they’re in charge

We can’t afford to doubt the West’s moral legitimacy. It is the steel we need to face down enemies of liberty

“Learning from failure has the status of a cliché. But it turns out that a failure to learn from mistakes has been one of the single greatest obstacles to human progress.”

We’ve lost the vital skill of saving for a better tomorrow. It’s left us fragile, poor and in mortal danger

A ban would not only help western nations but transform the developing world by boosting growth and reducing the bloodshed and criminality fuelled by tribalism

The club ambassador was more Banquo’s ghost than marketing boon – it was about time someone stood up to him and ended a culture of undue deference at Manchester United

A new human rights framework could weaken our enemies, end people smuggling and defeat populism

Many writers have pondered what we might call the dualism of America. The difference in culture between the coastal areas and the central zones or, more recently, the polarisation between the woke

The peevish pair’s capacity to play bully and victim at the same time is fascinating, as if gracelessness has become a part of their DNA

The source of Britain’s wealth was its economic and political dependability. Without that, we’re nothing